July 24th

Today it’s the birthday

… of cartoonist Pat Oliphant, 75.

… of Ruth Buzzi, 74.

… of Cosmo Kramer. Michael Richards is 61 today.

… of Wonder Woman. Lynda Carter is 59.

… of Pam Tillis, 53.

… of Barry Bonds. He’s 46.

… of Kristin Chenoweth. The Tony award-winner from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, is 42, all 4-foot-11 of her.

… of J Lo. Jennifer Lopez is 41.

… of Anna Paquin. An Oscar winner at age 11, she’s now 28.

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24th in 1897. She disappeared at age 40.

It was on this date in 1847 that Brigham Young gazed at Utah’s Valley of the Great Salt Lake and made his famous declaration: “This is the place.”